Difference between Animalia and Protista
Difference between Animalia and Protista are in tabular form below –
No. |
Animalia |
Protista |
1. | Organisms which are motile and heterotrophs, and they need plants for the food, do not contain cell wall in the cell, this is referred as Animalia. | The very first organisms or first eukaryotes on the earth, which can be unicellular, multicellular, mostly aquatic organisms, autotrophic or heterotrophic, live in moist environment are referred as Protista. |
2. | Cell wall is absent in the organisms of Animalia. | Cell wall is present or absent in the organisms of Protista. |
3. | Organisms of Animalia are multi-celled or multicellular organisms. | Organisms of Protista are single celled or unicellular and multi-celled or multicellular organisms. |
4. | Organisms of Animalia are motile. | Organisms of Protista are non-motile or motile. |
5. | Only heterotrophic mode of nutrition is found in the organisms of Animalia. | Both autotrophic and heterotrophic mode of nutrition is present in the organisms of Protista. |
6. | ‘Systems’ type of level of organization is present in the Animalia. | ‘Cell’ type of level of organization is present in the Protista. |